Faced with blindness, deaf twins choose euthanasia

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Faced with blindness, deaf twins choose euthanasia - World News

A pair of adult identical twins in Belgium have been legally killed at their request, the men's doctor told journalists.

The 45-years-old men, who were born deaf, spent their lives side-by-side — growing up together and then, as adults, sharing an apartment and working as cobblers together, according to Belgian media reports.

The men’s names have not been released but photographs of the identical twins from the Antwerp region have been made available to some media outlets.

Their doctor, David Dufour, told Belgium’s RTL Television over the weekend that the two men had been losing their eyesight for several years and soon would have been completely blind. The prospect of being blind as well as deaf was unbearable to them, he said.

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"They were fully aware of their decision," Dufour said.

After winning approval from the necessary authorities, the two men received lethal injections at a Belgian hospital in December.

Dufour described their last moments: "They had a last cup of coffee and everything was fine. They said goodbye to their parents and brother and all was serene. They waved — and that was that."

Under a 2002 law, Belgians are allowed to end their own lives if a doctor judges an individual has made his or her wishes clear and is suffering unbearable pain.

The case of the twins was unusual because the two men were not approaching the end of their natural lives nor were they terminally ill.

But Jacqueline Herremans, a member of the Belgian Commission of Euthanasia, told RTL that they did meet the legal requirements as their suffering was grave and incurable. When they became blind as well as deaf, he said, they would not have been able to lead autonomous lives, and that with only a sense of touch they had no prospects of a future.

She acknowledged this was an exceptional case.

"Evidently they had a particular destiny. They were two human beings who have lived together, grown up together, worked together and wanted to die together. Their suffering may not have been physical, but there was psychological suffering," she said.

In 2010 and 2011, a total of 2,086 people died by euthanasia in Belgium, according to the country’s Euthanasia Commission.

Belgium is now looking at introducing a legal amendment that would allow children and those with dementia the option of seeking permission to die. If passed later this year, the option of euthanasia will be extended to minors affected by an incurable illness, or suffering that cannot be alleviated.

 

[Camammal]

Yeah, fukk that shyt..I wouldve did the same thing. Deaf and blind? We need that shyt in the us.

 

[Mowgli]

They can still fukk. Pathetic lames.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

They can still fukk. Pathetic lames.

really Mowgli?

really?

 

[Mowgli]

really Mowgli?

really?

Sad, you agree with such a weak outlook on life. Long as you have your nuts and deeznick you can at least get served. I mean it could be worse, you could be paralyzed from the waist down and be deaf and blind. At that point you cant even do jiujitsu so shyt, maybe that might be a reason to consider other options. Ill take a medically induced coma. See that vanilla sky till i transition.

Heres a question. When Siamese twins get laid do they both feel it or does one of them get the endorphin release from that nut buss.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Sad, you agree with such a weak outlook on life. Long as you have your nuts and deeznick you can at least get served. I mean it could be worse, you could be paralyzed from the waist down and be deaf and blind. At that point you cant even do jiujitsu so shyt, maybe that might be a reason to consider other options. Ill take a medically induced coma. See that vanilla sky till i transition.

Heres a question. When Siamese twins get laid do they both feel it or does one of them get the endorphin release from that nut buss.

hold up.
are you actually proposing that these 2 deaf and soon to be blind twins could take up martial arts? sounds like a good plot for a movie but let's be reality here.

 

[Mowgli]

hold up.
are you actually proposing that these 2 deaf and soon to be blind twins could take up martial arts? sounds like a good plot for a movie but let's be reality here.

I dont need to hear or see to do jiujitsu. They are still teachable.

 

[Box Cutta]

I dont need to hear or see to do jiujitsu. They are still teachable.

 

[Bud Bundy]

I dont need to hear or see to do jiujitsu. They are still teachable.

 

[Mowgli]

Not like they have nerve damage. They can still feel the soft skin of a woman, bust nuts, they have 2 hands and can still do arm bars, and triangles. They were a little to hasty to jump out the window. Sad. Coulda got a black belt in brazillian jiujitsu, got rich from the story and then used the money on technology to cure blindness in the future. Scientists would be lining up to cure their blindness when the technology is perfected. Probably get it done for free if they just sold their success story from jiujitsu.

 

[Type Username Here]

I think euthanasia should be a basic right. If one can prove they are in in their right mind, and living with a certain pain or disability is too cumbersome, the state should provide channels to do it in a safe, medical environment.

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

 

[Bud Bundy]

Not like they have nerve damage. They can still feel the soft skin of a woman, bust nuts, they have 2 hands and can still do arm bars, and triangles. They were a little to hasty to jump out the window. Sad. Coulda got a black belt in brazillian jiujitsu, got rich from the story and then used the money on technology to cure blindness in the future. Scientists would be lining up to cure their blindness when the technology is perfected. Probably get it done for free if they just sold their success story from jiujitsu.

can't even argue with this.

 

[Mowgli]

can't even argue with this.

Theres deaf/blind women getting heavy pipe that wouldnt even think about jumpin out the window. Theres a long line of women on Earth who feel pity to date freaks like these 2 and will be their caretakers here and in the afterlife. They blew it with this overly emotional decision.

 

[Shogun]

The rarely utilized jujitsu argument in condemning euthanasia